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Underneath the Sidewalk

By Claire Eamer
Illustrated by Thomas Gibault

Winner, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
Short-listed, Chocolate Lily Book Award (BC Children's Choice), 2019

Sparks!

By Ian Boothby
Illustrated by Nina Matsumoto

Winner, Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize, 2019
Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2019
Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018

My Deal with the Universe

By Deborah Kerbel

Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2020
Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2020

The Almost Epic Squad: Mucus Mayhem

By Kevin Sylvester
Illustrated by Britt Wilson

Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2020
Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2019
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

Don't Tell the Enemy

By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2020
Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2019
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018

The Journey of Little Charlie

By Christopher Paul Curtis

Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2020
Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Text, 2018
Short-listed, National Book Award, Young People's Literature Category, 2018
Commended, The Horn Book Fanfare - Best Books , 2018
Commended, Parents' Choice Award - Gold, 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
Commended, School Library Journal Best Books, 2018
Commended, Kirkus Best Books of the Year, 2018
Commended, New York Public Library Best Books, 2018

The Way Back Home

By Allan Stratton

Winner, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2018
Short-listed, Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2018
Short-listed, Governor General's Award, Young People's Literature - Text, 2017
Nominated, Carnegie Medal, UK, 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017

The Winnowing

By Vikki VanSickle

Winner, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2018
Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
Runner-up, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018

Countdown to Danger: Canadian Survival

By Jeff Szpirglas

Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2019
Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, Top Ten Recommended Reads, 2019

Scholastic Canada Biography: Meet Viola Desmond

By Elizabeth MacLeod
Illustrated by Mike Deas

Winner, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2019
Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2019
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2019
Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2018

Restart

By Gordon Korman

Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2018
Runner-up, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
Commended, Bank Street College of Education Best Childrens Books of the Year , 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017

Fox and Squirrel Help Out

By Ruth Ohi

Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019
Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2018

Picture the Sky

By Barbara Reid

Winner, CBC Fan Choice Award, 2018
Short-listed, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award, 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018
Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2017

Mine!

By Natalie Hyde

Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Award, Fiction, 2019
Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2018

At the Pond

By Werner Zimmermann

Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Illustration, 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2019

The Vimy Oaks: A Journey to Peace

By Linda Granfield
Illustrated by Brian Deines

Short-listed, Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta Children's Choice), 2019
Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2018
Short-listed, OLA Silver Birch Express Award, 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017

Exo

By Fonda Lee

Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
Short-listed, OLA White Pine Award, Fiction, 2018
Short-listed, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2018
Nominated, Andrew Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy Book, 2017
Joint winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2018
Commended, ALA Notable , Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2018
Commended, Oregon Spirit Book Award, YA Honour Book, 2018
Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2017

Bounced

By Ted Staunton

Short-listed, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2019
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017

The Heart's Song

By Gilles Tibo
Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher

Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2018

Amazing Hockey Stories: Connor McDavid

By Lorna Schultz Nicholson
Illustrated by D A Bishop

Nominated, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2018

Summer's End

By Joel A Sutherland

Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2018
Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017

Braids!

By Robert Munsch
Illustrated by Dave Whamond

Winner, Rainforest of Reading Award, 2018
Winner, Reuben Award for Best Illustrated Book, National Cartoonists Society, 2017
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017

By Heather Patterson
Illustrated by Jon Klassen
Illustrated by Barbara Reid
Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay
Illustrated by Danielle Daniel
Illustrated by Geneviève Côté
Illustrated by Ashley Spires
Illustrated by Qin Leng
Illustrated by Jeremy Tankard

Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
Commended, Toronto Public Library First & Best Booklist, 2017

Dear Canada: These Are My Words: The Residential School Diary of Violet Pesheens

By Ruby Slipperjack

Short-listed, Red Cedar Award (BC Young Readers' Choice), 2018
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2017
Commended, CBC Best Books of the Year, 2016

Happy Dreamer

By Peter H Reynolds

Nominated, Rainforest of Reading Award, 2018
Commended, TD Summer Reading Club, 2018

Icarus Down

By James Bow

Winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2017
Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2017
Commended, CBC Children's Book Panel Recommendation, 2016

Good Morning, Canada

By Andrea Lynn Beck

Commended, TD Grade One Giveaway Book, 2017
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2015

Haunted Canada 5: Terrifying True Stories

By Joel A Sutherland

Winner, OLA Silver Birch Award, Non-Fiction, 2016
Winner, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2016
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016

The Dogs

By Allan Stratton

Winner, Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Award, 2017
Winner, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2016
Winner, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2016
Short-listed, IODE Canada Violet Downey Award, 2016
Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2016
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2015
Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2015
Commended, Quill & Quire, Books of the Year, 2015
Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2015

The Princess and the Pony

By Kate Beaton

Winner, CBC Children's Choice Book Award, Illustrator of the Year, 2016
Short-listed, Joan Betty Stuchner Oy Vey! Funniest Childrens Book Award, 2017
Short-listed, The Globe and Mail, Best Books of the Year, 2015
Commended, Kirkus Best Books, 2015
Commended, Resource Links, Best of the Year, 2015
Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2015
Commended, Publishers Weekly, Best Books of the Year, 2015
Commended, Quill & Quire, Books of the Year, 2015

Haggis and Tank Unleashed #2: Digging for Dinos: A Branches Book

By Jessica Young
Illustrated by James Burks

Short-listed, Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017

Bittersweet

By Winnie Mack

Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017

Hand in Hand

By Jean Little

Short-listed, Diamond Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2017

Haunted Canada 6: More Terrifying True Stories

By Joel A Sutherland

Winner, OLA Silver Birch Award, Non-Fiction, 2017
Short-listed, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award (Atlantic Canada), 2018

King Baby

By Kate Beaton

Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
Commended, Globe 100: The 100 Best Books of the Year, 2016
Commended, Kirkus Best Books of the Year, Picture Books, 2016
Commended, CBC Holiday Gift Guide Selection, 2016
Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2016
Commended, Today's Parent 25 Best Kids Books of the Year, 2016

Slacker

By Gordon Korman

Short-listed, Cybils (Children's and Young Adults Bloggers' Literary Awards), Middle-Grade Fiction, 2016
Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2016
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016

The Story of Canada

By Janet Lunn
By Christopher Moore
Illustrated by Alan Daniel

Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2017
Commended, CBC Children's Book Panel Recommendation, 2016

An Inheritance of Ashes

By Leah Bobet

Winner, Sunburst Award, Young Adult category, 2016
Winner, Copper Cylinder Award, 2016
Winner, Prix Aurora Awards, 2016
Short-listed, Canadian Library Association Young Adult Book Award, 2016
Short-listed, Cybils (Children's and Young Adults Bloggers' Literary Awards), Young Adult Speculative Fiction, 2015
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, 2016
Commended, OLA Best Bets, 2015

Young Man With Camera

By Emil Sher
Photographs by David Wyman

Winner, Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature, 2016
Short-listed, Snow Willow Award (Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice), 2016
Short-listed, Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award, 2016
Short-listed, OLA Red Maple Award, Fiction, 2016
Short-listed, Amy Mathers Teen Book Award, 2016
Short-listed, Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Text, 2015
Runner-up, Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children, 2016
Commended, Best Books for Kids and Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Starred Selection, 2016
Commended, White Ravens Selection (International Youth Library), 2016